Transnational Lives in China [electronic resource] : Expatriates in a Globalizing City /
Lehmann, A.author.
Increasing numbers of people from Western nations are leaving home to work within the developing economies of Asia. Here, Angela Lehmann explores a second-tier city in China and uses sociological theory to understand the impact of global mobility on identity, community and belonging.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I: Vulnerabilities of Global Mobility; 2 Anxiety and Individualism; 3 Ecstasy and Freedom; 4 Fear and Difference; Part II: Power and Community; 5 Division; 6 Gender and Race; 7 Home; 8 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Increasing numbers of people from Western nations are leaving home to work within the developing economies of Asia. Here, Angela Lehmann explores a second-tier city in China and uses sociological theory to understand the impact of global mobility on identity, community and belonging.
Political sociology.
Economic development.
Emigration and immigration.
Social policy.
Ethnology—Asia.
Sociology.
Political Sociology.
Development Studies.
Migration.
Social Policy.
Asian Culture.
Sociology, general.